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ls your name, Vera Rose Drake?
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Yes.
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Prisoner at the bar,
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you are charged with using an instrument
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with intent to procure miscarriage,
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contrary to section 58
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of the Offenses Against the Person Act, 1861.
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The particulars of the offense,
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are that on the 17th day of November, 1950,
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in the county of London,
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you did unlawfully use an instrument
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with intent to procure
the miscarriage of a woman
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named Pamela Mary Barnes.
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How say you?
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Are you guilty, or not guilty?
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I'm guilty.
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Could you please speak up, Mrs. Drake,
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that the court might hear you?
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- I'm guilty.
- Thank you.
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Please be seated.
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...and cautioned her.
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on being asked to surrender
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the equipment used for the abortion,
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the defendant produced nine objects
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from the top of a cupboard in the bedroom.
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My Lord, they were: a Higginson's syringe--
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that is exhibit EW-1.
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A cheese grater--exhibit EW-2.
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A nail brush--
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exhibit EW-3.
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A bottle of disinfectant--
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exhibit EW-4,
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wrapped in a towel--exhibit EW-5.
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A piece of carbolic soap
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wrapped in a dishcloth--
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they are exhibits EW-6 and EW-7.
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Those last two objects
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were both enclosed in a tin.